India ready to evacuate Pakistani students from Wuhan: MEA

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In what may come as a relief to Pakistani students stuck in China's Wuhan city, India has announced its willingness to reach out and evacuate them provided the Pakistani government requests so.

Ravish Kumar, the Spokesperson for the Ministry of External Affairs, said on February 6 that India will consider evacuating Pakistani students if the Imran Khan government requests for the same.

#JustIn -- Can look into Pak request to evacuate their students from Wuhan depending on resources. There is no such request from Pakistan government so far though: Raveesh Kumar, MEA spokesperson #CoronavirusOutbreak pic.twitter.com/u8wJ71pFlQ

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